running windows under a virtual machine using Vmware?

2014-07-10 Thread Justin Mann
Hi all, I've got some software that I am trying to run that is pretty nitch, and requires the use of windows, so I am trying to install windows on to a virtual machine on my mac using VMware fusion . I've figured out how to create the Vm, but how to you install windows in to the area where the

Re: accessible flight simulator or racing game etc for OSX or iOS?

2014-07-10 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
readme for blind users using flight gear written by Sandi Jazmin Kruse. First of all, let me say this right out making manuals is definitely not what i do best, so please bare that in mind and fill free too ask questions if something is not clear enough. Flightgear is a flight simulator that was w

Fit-Headless Works!

2014-07-10 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Hi all, Just wanted to report complete success with the HDMI-connected Fit-Headless on the Mac Mini 6,1. The performance is now every bit as good as though a real display were connected, which is especially noticeable in the Finder. So, if you were put off a Mac Mini because of the need for a

Re: running windows under a virtual machine using Vmware?

2014-07-10 Thread Tristan
Hi Justin, You need an ISO image of Windows to load up a VM. You can find these from sites such as Digital River, just make sure you buy a key first. On 7/10/14, Justin Mann wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got some software that I am trying to run that is pretty nitch, and > requires the use of window

Re: running windows under a virtual machine using Vmware?

2014-07-10 Thread Justin Mann
Hi there, I did ghet the Iso image of windows, and so far that has seemed to work to get the vmware installation running. Is there anything different that I should do as far as keyboard mapping etc? Also, do you think that a Macbook air could handle a screen-reader as well? I'm running the 1

Re: running windows under a virtual machine using Vmware?

2014-07-10 Thread Tristan
I'm running an i7 MacBook air with 8 gigs of RAM, and the Air handles Windows better than any of my high end dedicated Windows laptops ever had. I dedicate one core to Windows and 4 gigs of RAM while it's running, leaving 4 gigs and the other Core for the Mac. I use a combination of Karabiner (Pre

highlighting text

2014-07-10 Thread Mac
Hello there, I am trying to get ready for my class on Monday and I need to highlight some text. I am using Option Shift Left and Right arrows but it doesn't seems to be highlighting the text properly. I am using Safari 7.05 and the version of the Os is 10.9.4. This has worked for me in the p

Re: highlighting text

2014-07-10 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, could you send us a link and let us know approximately what you need to highlight? Webpages are funny things. Sometimes what works on one doesn't carry over to others. We'll take a look for you. Best, Erik Burggraaf Follow my fund me campaign for your chance to win a 50 dollar amazon gif

Re: highlighting text

2014-07-10 Thread Alex Hall
Use shift-up and shift-down instead. You'll get line by line, so might end up needing to trim some text from what you paste, but it should work. You can also use the VO method: interact with the text to select, vo-enter, then use vo-left/right to move by word, or add shift to move by character.

Re: sling player on osx

2014-07-10 Thread Barry Abbott
Hello Hank and all. I have tried the www.slingbox.com site. I cannot access the information on either the Mac or Windows sides with the plugin installed. It appears to be imbed flash and I can't access the listings. I have been using the SlingBox 500 successfully with the SlingPlayer on my

Re: Fit-Headless Works!

2014-07-10 Thread Ray Foret Jr
So, the Mac Mini now has a direct HDMI connection? Or, what adapter did you use? Does voice over come through the TV speakers or the Mac mini itself? Would I be correct in assuming that movies in 5.1 channel sound play in that way through home theater systems using this? Sincerely, the Cons

Re: Fit-Headless Works!

2014-07-10 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
The Fit-Headless is the HDMI adaptor; it plugs into the HDMI port and has no other end. Presumably if you wanted to use a telly you could without one of these; the whole point is to avoid the silly performance degradation that results from having no monitor attached at all. And of course audio

Re: highlighting text

2014-07-10 Thread Daniel McGee
Hi, another way you may want to copy text. I just learned this recently from this list is the last thrase copied to the clipboard. You do this by holding down the VO keys adding shift to the combo and finally hitting the letter C and it will copy what was last spoken. So say Voiceover read a pa

Re: Fit-Headless Works!

2014-07-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Nice. So for $15 US you have a little dongle that you plug into the HDMI port to make it think it has a real HDMI display attached. It's actual purpose is that many servers are run headless and folks screen share to them only to discover the default display resolution is very low. This tricks t

installing torrent on mac

2014-07-10 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
is there any way that they can see what im doing on my mac? because when i installed my torrent on my mac they block web on my mac? it doesn't do that on my windows although we are in one wifi connection. there is also one time that when i viewed an adult site, they prevent me from going there,

New iTunes seems to fix navigation

2014-07-10 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi all. I just installed the new iTunes, and we can finally, use regular down arrow to navigate iTunes once again. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 3 matt...@blindaccesstraining.com Introduction to the Macintosh Operating syste

Re: Fit-Headless Works!

2014-07-10 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Ah, in short, it's a dummy plug. Right? Sincerely, the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! On Jul 10, 2014, at 10:27 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > The Fit-Headless is the HD

Fwd: highlighting text

2014-07-10 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
> how do you copy last phrase using iOS? > >> On 10 Jul 2014, at 04:52 pm, Daniel McGee >> wrote: >> >> Hi, another way you may want to copy text. I just learned this recently from >> this list is the last thrase copied to the clipboard. You do this by holding >> down the VO keys adding shift

Re: highlighting text

2014-07-10 Thread Alex Hall
To copy the last spoken phrase to the clipboard, press Vo-shift-c. To speak the last phrase without copying it, use vo-z. On Jul 10, 2014, at 2:06 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: >> how do you copy last phrase using iOS? >> >>> On 10 Jul 2014, at 04:52 pm, Daniel McGee >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, anot

Re: highlighting text

2014-07-10 Thread Jessica D
Three finger quadruple tap. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 10, 2014, at 2:06 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: >> how do you copy last phrase using iOS? >> >>> On 10 Jul 2014, at 04:52 pm, Daniel McGee >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, another way you may want to copy text. I just learned this recently >>> from

Re: Good, accessible IRC client for OS X?

2014-07-10 Thread Devin Prater
Ah, that's awesome. Now to figure out how to even connect to a network. It'll just take time. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com On Jul 8, 2014, at 11:08 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: > It will if the chat window is in VO's focus. > > Egun On, Lagunak (Basque for "G'Day, Mates > Louie P "Pete" Nalda > Ww

Re: sling player on osx

2014-07-10 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
is there a device that does what the slingbox can do but that is voice over friendly? or is the slingbox the only choice at this time? On 7/10/2014 7:06 AM, Barry Abbott wrote: Hello Hank and all. I have tried the www.slingbox.com site. I cannot access the information on either the Mac or W

Re: sling player on osx

2014-07-10 Thread Brian Fischler
Tivo is the way to go, their app is 95% accessible. While the actual Tivo box is like a DVR you would get from your cable company meaning it is not accessible although at least it has sound feedback meaning hoops when you move up or down a menu so at least you know you are doing something, but t

Re: highlighting text

2014-07-10 Thread Alex Hall
Oh wow, sorry, I missed the iOS part of the question completely. The 3-finger quadruple tap is indeed the way to do this, but remember that it is only in iOS7 and later. On Jul 10, 2014, at 2:13 PM, Jessica D wrote: > Three finger quadruple tap. > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 10, 2014, at 2:

Re: New iTunes seems to fix navigation

2014-07-10 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Lovely! Wonder if they have fixed a strange error which prevented us from buying from the iTunes Store. What's funny is the error only occured in the mac version; the Windows version no such error occurs. Google for error -45054 including the minus and you will see just what I mean. I thought I

Re: Issue with the latest Launch Bar

2014-07-10 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey John, No. It's still the command space bar very stange in deed. On Jul 9, 2014, at 3:21 PM, John Panarese wrote: > Did you somehow change the activation keyboard shortcut for Launch Bar? > That is the only thing I can think of off the top of my head. > > > Take Care > > John D. Panare

Re: Issue with the latest Launch Bar

2014-07-10 Thread John Panarese
I figured I'd ask. You never know if that is the issue. I've actually seen it happen with a few apps that have keyboard shortcuts to activate. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APP

Re: qt apps with osx and voice over?

2014-07-10 Thread Devin Prater
Teamtalk seems lots better. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com On Jul 9, 2014, at 6:32 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > Hi! > At least vlc works and i think its an qt app. > /A > On 9 jul 2014, at 23:48, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona > wrote: > >> Hello any one know if qt apps work with osx and

Re: qt apps with osx and voice over?

2014-07-10 Thread Devin Prater
Yes, I guess tt updated to this qt5.2. Maybe vb will update one day. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com On Jul 10, 2014, at 12:03 AM, Jason White wrote: > Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: >> Assuming Apple and Nokia are still mutually uninterested in increasing QT >> accessibility, then the outlook is s

Re: New iTunes seems to fix navigation

2014-07-10 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hmmm. I didn't have any issues with purchasing anything from the store on my Mac, and I should own the store by now. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 10, 2014, at 12:56 PM, Christopher Hallsworth wrote: > Lovely! Wonder if they have fixed a strange error which prevented

SD Card reader for the MBA

2014-07-10 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello Folks, I attempted to connect an old multi-card reader in both the bootcamp Win 8.1 and Mac OS ML. On the bootcamp side, it seems like it wants to connect because I hear the chimes, but no additional drives are listed in windows Explorer. On the Mac side, this card reader is not recogniz

Re: New iTunes seems to fix navigation

2014-07-10 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Prevented us from buying from the ITunes store? I have never ever ever had any issues at all buying from the ITunes store. Given that Tim also has seemed not to have had any trouble, you might have brought your problem to us and perhaps we could have helped. After all, look how long I fought

Re: qt apps with osx and voice over?

2014-07-10 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Thats very sad. I think qt accessibility is growing far better in linux. Think i read that somewhere. /A 10 jul 2014 kl. 06:50 skrev Sabahattin Gucukoglu : > Assuming Apple and Nokia are still mutually uninterested in increasing QT > accessibility, then the outlook is still pretty bleak. Iro

Re: Fit-Headless Works!

2014-07-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
It's good that this is available since the mac mini is very sluggish without a monitor. I know lots of people that use their pc without a monitor and it works fine, so I would say this is a design flaw. I wonder if it happens when using windows with boot camp? I guess I could try booting a vinu

Re: Fit-Headless Works!

2014-07-10 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Thanks for this. Then i'll go for one. Do you still have the url for that? Or maybe i can do a google search. /A 10 jul 2014 kl. 12:21 skrev Sabahattin Gucukoglu : > Hi all, > > Just wanted to report complete success with the HDMI-connected Fit-Headless > on the Mac Mini 6,1. The performanc

Re: Fit-Headless Works!

2014-07-10 Thread Alex Hall
It's OS X. My Mini exhibited the problem in OS X, but not in Windows via Bootcamp. Yet, others report no problems in OS X, so it seems to be a software problem on certain hardware. On Jul 10, 2014, at 4:44 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > It's good that this is available since the mac mini is very slug

Re: Fit-Headless Works!

2014-07-10 Thread Alex Hall
Here's the link that was provided earlier: http://www.fit-pc.com/web/products/fit-headless/ You may also want to search Amazon and other retailers for this item, but I have no specific links for any of them. On Jul 10, 2014, at 4:50 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > Hi! > Thanks for this. > Then i'll

Re: highlighting text

2014-07-10 Thread Daniel McGee
triple tap with three fingers is how its done on IOS. HTH On 10 Jul 2014, at 19:06, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: >> how do you copy last phrase using iOS? >> >>> On 10 Jul 2014, at 04:52 pm, Daniel McGee >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, another way you may want to copy text. I just learned this recently >>

Re: Fit-Headless Works!

2014-07-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Right. I used to fake it by hooking up something to the VGA connection to make it think there was a monitor but this sounds like a simpler/cheaper solution. I think PCs just default to the lowest possible resolution when no monitor is connected but the Macs, for whatever reason, perpetually sca

Re: highlighting text

2014-07-10 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Thanks. I did it once by accident when I got my 5S at the time but never knew how. On 10 Jul 2014, at 22:22, Daniel McGee wrote: > triple tap with three fingers is how its done on IOS. > > HTH > On 10 Jul 2014, at 19:06, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > >>> how do you copy last phrase using iOS? >>>

Re: highlighting text

2014-07-10 Thread Daniel McGee
Sorry, I made an error. As mentioned, it is three fingers tap screen four times. Then it should say copied to paste board. Thanks for the person who provided the VO Z command to just hear the last spoken text without copying it. I didn't know that either. Its the little things that can help. :)

Fit-Headless Works!

2014-07-10 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
> I'll get the Mac Mini to join my I Mac in due course when I can afford it so > I'll acquire one too. > On 10 Jul 2014, at 21:50, Anders Holmberg wrote: > >> Hi! >> Thanks for this. >> Then i'll go for one. >> Do you still have the url for that? >> Or maybe i can do a google search. >> /A >> 10

Apple's App Review Should Test Accessibility

2014-07-10 Thread DD
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Re: Fit-Headless Works!

2014-07-10 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Mostly a Mini issue. I run a number of Mac Pros with no monitor with no slow down that I’ve noticed. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 10, 2014, at 3:22 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: > Right. I used to fake it by hooking up something to the VGA connectio

Re: Fit-Headless Works!

2014-07-10 Thread Kevin Barry
The Mini has had an HDMI port for some time now. At 10:17 AM 7/10/2014, you wrote: So, the Mac Mini now has a direct HDMI connection? Or, what adapter did you use? Does voice over come through the TV speakers or the Mac mini itself? Would I be correct in assuming that movies in 5.1 channel

Re: Fit-Headless Works!

2014-07-10 Thread Kevin Barry
I strongly suspect Apple did this deliberately. They don't like you using a Mini as a server. That might have made sense when they sold the x-serv, but that product has been dead for some time. At 04:44 PM 7/10/2014, you wrote: It's good that this is available since the mac mini is very sluggi

Re: Fit-Headless Works!

2014-07-10 Thread Kevin Barry
I'd wait. The current Mini is approaching two years old and still uses the IvyBridge chips. At 04:50 PM 7/10/2014, you wrote: Hi! Thanks for this. Then i'll go for one. Do you still have the url for that? Or maybe i can do a google search. /A 10 jul 2014 kl. 12:21 skrev Sabahattin Gucukoglu :

Re: Fit-Headless Works!

2014-07-10 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I'd tend to disagree, sorry. Apple used to sell Minis with Server software specifically as a Mac Mini Server. I purchased a few of them for work. They had two 500 GB HD's and no DVD/CD unit. This was back when Snow Leopard Server was out and XServe's were still being sold. Not sure if

question about the Denon AVR-E300 5.1 Channel receiver as it has a remote in the app store

2014-07-10 Thread Mickey Quenzer
Hello Listers: I am interested in the Denon AVR-E300 5.1 Channel 3D Pass Through and Networking Home Theater AV Receiver with AirPlay:from Amazon:Electronics. The price is $249.00 which sounds good. I'd like to know if anyone has this receiver and if the remote from the App Store is usable with